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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Tech Bull who wrote (52070)8/14/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: Souze  Respond to of 61433
 
Ciena got hammered today (triggered by an earnings warning?). As the Mighty Mizzou implied in an earlier post, that might be why ASND is down so much.



To: Tech Bull who wrote (52070)8/14/1998 12:29:00 PM
From: Spaw  Respond to of 61433
 
TB,
Here's my idea, which I posted yesterday: Message 5488205

Target is in the 44-46 range by end of next week. We are on our way and I am currently up 50% on my trade for the day. Put options are less expensive than shorting and that's how I usually trade the short side of a move. You can make money in both directions on any stock.

BTW: I am bullish on Ascend but not in the near term.

--spaw--



To: Tech Bull who wrote (52070)8/14/1998 12:36:00 PM
From: Duke  Respond to of 61433
 
Don't worry. We're already see the worst. Market up and down, individual investors panic, feel uncertainty are normal. If you believe in ASND future, hold on your shares and RELAX. It will be there. Duke



To: Tech Bull who wrote (52070)8/14/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: Tim Luke  Respond to of 61433
 
<any ideas on the 2 point hit?>

#reply-5496077



To: Tech Bull who wrote (52070)8/14/1998 1:03:00 PM
From: Jan Crawley  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 61433
 
I am watching the puts; the big MMs bought puts when Asnd was close to $50 the day before, pushing the price down due to options expiry and light volume. They may take a quick prifit on their puts.....etc..

Asnd is a prime take over target with strong position, relatively large short interests, lots of buy interest, covering in the following weeks to come...

Very difficult for many to write off the LU/Asnd premium in large measure.